The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Original title

Летят журавли

Directed by

Mikhail Kalatozov

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

14

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 457 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The movie follows a young woman whose fiancé goes to fight in World War II. It shows how the war tears apart their relationship and the emotional toll it takes on her and others around her.

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What happens

The Cranes Are Flying (Russian: Летят журавли, romanized: Letyat zhuravli) is a 1957 Soviet war drama film directed and produced by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm, written by Viktor Rozov, and starring Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. It depicts the cruelty and the damage done to the Soviet psyche as a result of the Second World War, which was known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. The film had a profound impact on Soviet cinema, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, the only Soviet film to win that award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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